Xie Jiangjun

Xie Jiangjun (died 1642) was a general of the Ming Empire during the Manchu Conquests. He was responsible for the flood tactics used in the siege of Kaifeng in 1642, but died soon after during an epidemic.

Biography
Xie Jiangjun was a lowly officer of the Ming Empire before he came into contact with the Templar Order. He was made a general by the regent Ji Shenguan, a fellow Templar, and placed in command of Kaifeng. Following the death of Shenguan in 1634 at the hands of the Assassin Order, he was kept in the Templar Order's back pocket as they chose to support the Manchu. When Li Zicheng rose up in Kaifeng in 1642, the Templars ordered Jiangjun to commit an atrocity in the city to stir up anti-Ming hatred to allow the Manchu to overrun China. Jiangjun had the army flood the city, killing 300,000 people in the process. Jiangjun was now a hated person in the eyes of the people of Sichuan, and anti-Ming resistance increased.

Jiangjun later headed to Beijing to meet with Templar Wu Sangui and other Templars/Manchus. However, after he left the meeting in his carriage, he was killed inside of it by assassin Ma Jianguo with his hidden blades. Jiangjun's death was not important to the Templars, as he had already played his part; however, he could not be used by the Templars any further.